Episode #76: The Blindfolded Knife Fight
Featuring: The Kappa Bresson Lord Stoneheart LittleMac Editor: The Kappa Timestamps: 0:15 – Introduction 1:20 – Project Sonic Watch 2021 2:30 – What We’ve Been Playing 27:30 – Some Pre-E3 Discussion 38:45 – Games that Won You Over 1:35:50 – Conclusion Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep76 Podcast header image from Golf Story . Linkdump after the jump. Introduction (0:15) Correction: It’s our second Merveless GamesCast. The first was Episode #53 , “I Could Have Mined Bitcoin.” Clarification: LittleMac is making his first regular appearance on this episode, but he did previously contribute year-end top 3 lists to Episode #56 (2019) and Episode #73 (2020). Project Sonic Watch 2021 (1:20) Announcement of the new Sonic game . (Source: Sonic the Hedgehog on YouTube) What We’ve Been Playing (2:30) Official Nintendo page for Golf Story . Wikipedia article on Outlaw Golf . Official Nintendo page for Ring Fit Adventure . Steam store page for NieR: Automata . Epic store page for Maneater . Wikipedia article on the Jaws video game . Wikipedia article on E.V.O.: Search for Eden . Some Pre-E3 Discussion (27:30) Trailer for Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo . (Source: Xbox on YouTube) Clarification: Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo is being developed by Pendulo Studios , which did not develop Garfield Kart or Syberia . However, it is being published by Microids (f.k.a. Microïds), which also published Garfield Kart and Syberia . (Sources: Wikipedia) Information on the upcoming “Marvel XCOM” game . (Source: PC Gamer) Update: We did get a new trailer for Elden Ring . (Source: PlayStation on YouTube) Correction: There was no horse in the original announcement trailer for Elden Ring . (Source: PlayStation on YouTube) Wikipedia article on Fallout 76 . Games that Won You Over (38:45) Steam store page for Elite Dangerous . Wikipedia article on the SaGa series . Wikipedia article on Fire Emblem: Three Houses . Wikipedia article on Final Fantasy VII . Wikipedia article on Red Dead Redemption 2 . Wikipedia article on Diablo III . The first trailer for No More Heroes . (Source: IGN on YouTube) Wikipedia article on Lollipop Chainsaw . No More Heroes and No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle were released for the Switch on October 28 th , 2020. (Sources: Wikipedia) The No More Heroes spinoff that we discussed was called Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes . (Source: Wikipedia) Clarification: Killer7 and Killer Is Dead are different games. Both were developed at Grasshopper Manufacture and written by Suda51, but the latter was actually directed by Hideyuki Shin. (Sources: Wikipedia) Wikipedia article on the Baldur’s Gate series . Wikipedia article on Dragon Age: Origins . Wikipedia article on Divinity: Original Sin . Wikipedia article on Larian Studios . Wikipedia article on Fortnite . The YouTube channel Stop Skeletons From Fighting . Wikipedia article on Red Faction . Wikipedia article on Dark Souls . Wikipedia article on Elden Ring . Conclusion (1:35:50) No links here.